Public Choice

, Volume 80, Issue 3–4, pp 223–243 | Cite as

Equal employment opportunity across states: The EEOC 1979–1989

  • Alberto Dávila
  • Alok K. Bohara
Article

Abstract

This study uses unpublished EEOC data from 1979–89 to concentrate on how dwindling resources and policy changes advocated by the EEOC chairs regarding the time and intensity devoted to anti-discrimination cases may have yielded regional variation in discrimination outcomes. We arrive at two major conclusions. First, evidence here suggests that the EEOC counteracted potential regional resistance against anti-discrimination laws. Second, we argue that the seeming inefficiency of the EEOC during Thomas' first years as EEOC chair appears to have occurred because he inherited a large pool of low-merit cases.

Keywords

Regional Variation Public Finance Policy Change Employment Opportunity Large Pool 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1994

Authors and Affiliations

  • Alberto Dávila
    • 1
  • Alok K. Bohara
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of EconomicsThe University of New MexicoAlbuquerque

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